10 Things You Should Know About Storage Virtualization - 7. Virtualization at Hardware or Host Level

Storage virtualization is one of today's most talked-about technologies, but it's not a cure-all. Here are some things it can-and cannot-do.

By Chris Preimesberger

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For years, vendors such as EMC and Network Appliance have offered storage virtualization at the disk array or hardware level, whereas software companies such as Veritas have offered virtualization at the host level.